Chondrodactylus fitzsimonsi (LOVERIDGE, 1947)

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Higher Taxa	Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Button-scaled Gecko, Fitzsimons’ Thick-toed gecko
Synonym	Pachydactylus laevigatus tesselatus FITZSIMONS 1938: 172 Pachydactylus laevigatus fitzsimonsi LOVERIDGE 1947: 400 (nom. nov.) Pachydactylus laevigatus fitzsimonsi — WERMUTH 1965: 119 Pachydactylus fitzsimonsi — BENYR 1995: 50 Pachydactylus laevigatus fitzsimonsi — BAUER et al. 1995 Pachydactylus fitzsimonsi — BRANCH 1998: 255 Pachydactylus fitzsimonsi —BAUER et al. 2000 Pachydactylus fitzsimonsi — RÖSLER 2000: 98 Chondrodactylus fitzsimonsi — BAUER & LAMB 2005 Chondrodactylus fitzsimonsi — MARQUES et al. 2018
Distribution	SW Africa, Angola,Namibia (Kunene Region, Khorixas District). Type locality: Kamanyab, SW Africa. laevigatus tesselatus: Type locality: Kamanjab (Namibia).
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: DNMNH (= TM) 17202, adult
Diagnosis
Comment
Etymology	Named after Vivian F. M. Fitzsimons (1901-1975), South African herpetologist.
References	Baptista NL, António T, Branch WR. 2019. The herpetofauna of Bicuar National Park and surroundings, southwestern Angola: a preliminary checklist. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 13(2) [Special Section]: 96–130 (e203) - get paper here Bauer, A.M. & Lamb, T. 2005. Phylogenetic relationships of southern African geckos in the Pachydactylus group (Squamata: Gekkonidae). African Journal of Herpetology 54 (2): 105-129 - get paper here Bauer, A.M., Lamb, A.C., and Branch, W.R. 2000. Additional records of uncommon Pachydactylus (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) from northern and central Namibia. African Herp News (30): 2-3 [1999] - get paper here Benyr, G. 1995. Systematik und Taxonomie der Geckos des Pachydactylus bibronii-laevigatus Komplexes (Reptilia: Squamata: Gekkonidae). Diploma thesis, Univ. Wien, 75 pp. Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here Branch, W. R. 1998. Field Guide to the Snakes and Other Reptiles of Southern Africa. 3rd ed. Fully Revised and Updated to Include 83 New Species. Ralph Curtis Books (Sanibel Island, Florida), 399 pp. Fitzsimons,V.F.M. 1938. Transvaal Museum Expedition to South-West Africa and Little Namaqualand, May to August 1937 - Reptiles and Amphibians. Ann. Transvaal Mus. (Pretoria) 19 (2): 153-209 Gates, Bruce C. 2010. Day Geckos of Damaraland: Rhoptropus barnardi Hewitt, 1926, Rhoptropus boultoni Schmidt, 1933, and Rhoptropus diporus Haacke, 1965. Gekko 6 (1): 56-60 Herrmann, H.-W.; W.R. Branch 2013. Fifty years of herpetological research in the Namib Desert and Namibia with an updated and annotated species checklist. Journal of Arid Environments 93: 94–115 - get paper here Loveridge, A. 1947. Revision of the African lizards of the family Gekkondiae. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard 98: 1-469 - get paper here Marques, Mariana P.; Luis M. P. Ceríaco , David C. Blackburn , and Aaron M. Bauer 2018. Diversity and Distribution of the Amphibians and Terrestrial Reptiles of Angola -- Atlas of Historical and Bibliographic Records (1840–2017). Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci. (Ser. 4) 65: 1-501 (Supplement II) Rösler, H. 2000. Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha). Gekkota 2: 28-153 Schleicher, Alfred 2015. Reptilien Namibias. Namibia Scientific Society, 276 pp.
External links	National Center for Biotechnology Information http://www.sahistory.org.za/people/vivian-fitzsimons Google images

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